Popular baby names in Texas, 2006

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2006 were Emily for girls (2,118 babies) and Jose for boys (2,659). Jose ranked #30 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 352,500 babies born in Texas in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2006

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ximena: 260 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Frida: 95 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Regina: 139 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aracely: 110 babies, 3.3× the national rate
America: 188 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clarissa: 180 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aylin: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fernanda: 185 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valeria: 843 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anahi: 259 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Rolando: 162 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joe: 290 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 156 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 138 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 135 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gael: 301 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rene: 154 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 141 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noe: 157 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hector: 560 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emily	2,118	–	1
2	Mia	1,776	–	13
3	Ashley	1,502	↑1	12
4	Isabella	1,500	↑7	4
5	Madison	1,476	↓2	3
6	Emma	1,388	↓1	2
7	Abigail	1,385	↓1	6
8	Natalie	1,248	–	17
9	Hannah	1,199	↑1	8
10	Samantha	1,139	↓3	10
11	Ava	1,108	↑9	5
12	Alyssa	1,075	↓3	19
13	Brianna	1,075	↓1	20
14	Victoria	1,052	↑1	27
15	Elizabeth	1,012	↓2	11
16	Sophia	1,006	↑3	9
17	Alexis	906	↓3	14
18	Alexa	886	↑16	39
19	Sarah	865	↓3	15
20	Chloe	857	↑6	18
21	Olivia	854	↑2	7
22	Valeria	843	↑19	91
23	Andrea	834	↓2	59
24	Jasmine	767	↓2	29
25	Maria	762	↑3	46
26	Kimberly	756	↑6	58
27	Lauren	756	↓9	24
28	Kayla	720	↓4	26
29	Melanie	704	↑10	85
30	Jennifer	702	↓13	51
31	Hailey	697	↓1	25
32	Destiny	682	↓5	36
33	Jessica	672	↓8	32
34	Addison	662	new	28
35	Alexandra	662	↑1	40
36	Evelyn	642	↓7	65
37	Avery	626	↑3	52
38	Jocelyn	625	new	73
39	Sofia	612	↑3	55
40	Leslie	611	↓5	>100
41	Stephanie	608	↓8	70
42	Taylor	606	↓5	23
43	Savannah	591	↑2	30
44	Grace	588	↓13	16
45	Angelina	583	↓7	49
46	Zoe	563	new	54
47	Katherine	554	↑2	37
48	Natalia	547	new	94
49	Vanessa	536	new	79
50	Michelle	531	↓4	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jose	2,659	–	30
2	Jacob	2,240	–	1
3	Joshua	2,161	–	3
4	Daniel	2,154	–	6
5	Christopher	2,138	–	8
6	Angel	2,072	↑1	31
7	David	2,037	↓1	13
8	Juan	1,900	–	61
9	Michael	1,864	–	2
10	Ethan	1,734	↑2	4
11	Christian	1,725	↑4	21
12	Matthew	1,713	↓1	5
13	Anthony	1,709	↓3	9
14	Jonathan	1,691	↓1	22
15	Andrew	1,643	↓1	7
16	Diego	1,620	↑1	56
17	Luis	1,494	↑1	62
18	Joseph	1,429	↑3	11
19	Alexander	1,379	↑3	12
20	Noah	1,375	↑14	15
21	John	1,355	↓5	19
22	Jesus	1,339	↓3	74
23	William	1,313	↓3	10
24	Brandon	1,287	↑1	27
25	Adrian	1,276	↑4	63
26	Nathan	1,251	↓3	23
27	Kevin	1,237	↑1	37
28	James	1,194	↓1	16
29	Ryan	1,189	↓5	14
30	Gabriel	1,159	↓4	28
31	Carlos	1,152	↓1	70
32	Bryan	1,121	↑1	66
33	Nicholas	1,091	↓1	17
34	Isaiah	1,052	↑2	39
35	Samuel	1,050	↓4	25
36	Sebastian	1,017	↑14	76
37	Aiden	1,012	new	32
38	Caleb	1,009	–	34
39	Isaac	991	↓2	48
40	Dylan	948	↓5	26
41	Julian	947	↓1	65
42	Miguel	947	↑2	89
43	Elijah	945	↑3	29
44	Aaron	942	↓3	57
45	Logan	922	↑3	20
46	Alejandro	896	↓1	96
47	Luke	886	–	43
48	Robert	877	↓9	47
49	Jordan	876	new	46
50	Tyler	846	↓8	18

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